Image courtesy of the China Daily In China, the Party leads everything, and Xi Jinping is taking “everything” further than any leader since Mao. Under Xi, China is building a new model of social governance that fuses Mao-era mobilization with modern digital surveillance. Before waging war with the U.S. over Taiwan, a campaign Xi sees as the rejuvenation and reunification of China, he must prepare the nation. Military expansion, a growing nuclear arsenal, and economic adjustments are underway. Yet economics remain his weakest point, where President Trump’s trade wars have dealt China major blows. Xi has little control over Trump and limited means to offset the loss of the U.S. market or lure back foreign investment. For decades, U.S. capital fueled cheap manufacturing in China,…
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